Li, Y; Cao, L; Han, Y and Wei, J (2020) Development of a conceptual benchmarking framework for healthcare facilities management: Case study of Shanghai municipal hospitals. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(1): 05019016, ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Healthcare facilities management (HFM) plays an important role in delivering healthcare services. However, compared with core activities in hospitals (i.e., quality and safety of medical treatment and clinical care), the role of HFM has received much less attention. To this end, a comprehensive conceptual benchmarking framework considering five dimensions - cost-effectiveness, customer satisfaction, energy and resource efficiency, management efficacy, and operation and maintenance efficiency - is proposed to facilitate the benchmarking of performance measurement in hospitals. A total of 23 Shanghai municipal hospitals, governed by the Shanghai Hospital Development Center, were used as a case study to demonstrate how the conceptual model can be implemented. The Delphi method and analytic hierarchy process were employed to derive the prioritized performance indicators of HFM. The findings of the pilot study showed that cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction are the top two factors that drive HFM in Shanghai, followed by operation and maintenance efficiency, energy and resource efficiency, and management efficacy. The implementation of this proposed framework will enable academics and practitioners to conduct dynamic and data-driven benchmarking for healthcare facilities and, as a result, find solutions for continuous improvement during operation phases.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | benchmarking; facilities management; healthcare; performance measurement |
| Index terms: | facilities management, benchmarking, operation phase, practitioner, Shanghai, cost-effectivenes, performance indicator, operation and maintenance, dimension, implementation, resource efficiency, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement, performance measurement, Delphi method, efficiency, case study |
| Subjects: | maintenance engineering, performance management, economics, management, performance measurement, Geography, service delivery, project delivery, health monitoring assessment and metrics, contractual arrangements, data collection methods, practitioner |
| Topics: | Cost Management, Business Strategy, Health and Safety, Geographical Context, Project Management, Research Practice, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, Procurement, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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